Poland wants Kaczyński’s plane crash photos deleted from sites hosted in Russia, Germany, and the United States: Tupolev 154M, Polish Air Force, Accident occurred April 10, 2010 in Smolensk, Russia

The public prosecution office of Warsaw has demanded law-enforcement authorities of the United States, Germany, and Russia block access to photos made after the plane crash that killed the country’s president Lech Kaczyński. The websites where photos are published are allegedly hosted in these three countries, RIA Novosti reports.

Graphic images of the crash scene with burned remains of the plane’s passengers, including Kaczyński, leaked to the Internet in September and triggered strong resentment in Poland.

In October, the head of Polish Foreign Ministry asked mass media not to distribute such photos “out of ethical considerations,” reports Russian newspaper Vzglyad. At the same time Polish security services reached out to Russia, Germany, and the United States, asking them to block access to the published photos. However, only Russian authorities have agreed, while American and German representatives refused to take photos down, saying that it would be illegal in their countries.

Second attempt  

The new request was filed by the prosecution office of Warsaw. It will be sent to Germany directly and passed to the United States and Russia through official channels.

“[Our] requests contain the servers’ addresses. If the content is already deleted, we’re waiting for information about it in the answers to our request,” the prosecution office’s representative Renata Mazur told RIA Novosti.

The first photos of the crash had been reportedly posted by Russian bloggers, Vzglyad reports. Access to their blogs was blocked very soon, but by the time it was, images were already reposted by many others.

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 WARSAW, November 23 - RIA Novosti, Eugene Bezeq. Warsaw prosecutor's office to the law enforcement bodies of Russia, Germany and the U.S. request to remove photos from the servers of the dead in the crash of the Polish Tu-154 crash near Smolensk, said the official representative of the military prosecutor's office in Warsaw Praga district Renata Mazur. 

Photos of the charred remains, in one of which the body of President Lech Kaczynski, appeared on the Internet in late September, the blog of one of the Russian users. 

"We have sent an appeal for legal aid for the removal of these materials from servers in Russia, Germany and the United States. Statements contain the addresses of servers. If they have already been removed, we expect the relevant information in response to our request," - said Mazur.Request to colleagues in Germany was sent directly, and in Russia and the U.S. will be sent through official channels by the Prosecutor General of Poland, said Mazur. 

Publish photos provoked outrage in Poland. Foreign Ministry demanded from Russia to find the source of the leak. Poland's Internal Security Agency, in turn, asked his colleagues to block access to these materials. 

Polish presidential TU-154 crashed April 10, 2010 near Smolensk while landing. Killed 96 people - eight crew members and 88 passengers, including President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and part of the leadership of Poland. The Interstate Aviation Committee in 2011 issued a final report on the results of the technical investigation, according to which the direct cause of the crash crew acknowledged the decision not to go to the alternate, and systemic reasons - gaps in provision and training of flight crew.

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Польша просит РФ удалить с серверов фотографии тел жертв аварии Ту-154 Смотреть позже Фотографии обгоревших останков, на одной из которых тело президента Леха Качиньского, появились в интернете в конце сентября в блоге одного из российских пользователей. 

ВАРШАВА, 23 ноя — РИА Новости, Евгений Безека. Варшавская прокуратура направила в правоохранительные органы России, Германии и США просьбу удалить с серверов фотографии тел погибших в авиакатастрофе польского Ту-154 под Смоленском, сказала официальная представительница военной прокуратуры варшавского района Прага Рената Мазур.

Фотографии обгоревших останков, на одной из которых тело президента Леха Качиньского, появились в интернете в конце сентября в блоге одного из российских пользователей.

Запрос коллегам в Германию был направлен напрямую, а в Россию и США будет передан по официальным каналам через Генеральную прокуратуру Польши, сказала Мазур.

Публикация фото вызвала возмущение в Польше. МИД потребовал от России найти источник утечки. Агентство внутренней безопасности Польши, в свою очередь, попросило своих коллег заблокировать доступ к этим материалам.

Польский президентский борт Ту-154 разбился 10 апреля 2010 года под Смоленском при заходе на посадку. Погибли 96 человек — восемь членов экипажа и 88 пассажиров, в том числе президент Лех Качиньский, его супруга и часть руководства Польши. 

Межгосударственный авиационный комитет в 2011 году обнародовал окончательный отчет о результатах технического расследования, согласно которому непосредственной причиной крушения признано решение экипажа не уходить на запасной аэродром, а системными причинами — недостатки в обеспечении полета и подготовке экипажа.

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NTSB Identification: ENG10RA025 
14 CFR Unknown
Accident occurred Saturday, April 10, 2010 in Smolensk, Russia
Aircraft: TUPOLEV TU154, registration:
Injuries: 89 Fatal.

The foreign authority was the source of this information.

On April 10, 2010, about 0656 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a Tupolev Tu-154M, Tail Number 101, operated by the Polish Air Force as flight PLF101, crashed during approach to the Military Aerodrom Smolensk "Severnyi", Russia. All 89 passengers and 7 flightcrew were killed, including the President of Poland. The airplane was destroyed by impact and postcrash fire.

Following the accident, the governments of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Poland concluded a bilateral agreement that the regional international independent safety investigation organization, the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC), would conduct the investigation. Although the airplane was operated as a "state" aircraft, by the mutual agreement, the investigation was conducted following the guidance provided in ICAO Annex 13 Standards and Recommended Practices. As the United States was state of design and manufacture for the TAWS and FMS units, the NTSB was requested to support the investigation activity.